The old emperor has been thinking about Jiang Xue ever since he met her that day.
There is no other reason, it’s just because Jiang Xue looks like Queen Jiang.
Perhaps because of his old age, the old emperor has been thinking about some things in the past recently.
At that time, he was just an unpopular prince, while Queen Jiang was the daughter of the general who protected the country, and her aunt was the imperial concubine who was deeply favored by the late emperor.
The imperial concubine had no children and treated Empress Jiang as her own daughter. The late emperor loved Empress Jiang as well and even made her a princess.
At that time, Queen Jiang shone like a bright pearl and was even more favored by the emperor than the princess.
Many of his brothers tried their best to please Queen Jiang, and the young old emperor also fell in love with Queen Jiang at first sight.
Queen Jiang was the brightest pearl who was adored by everyone. She was so beautiful that she seemed otherworldly, innocent, simple and beautiful. To the old emperor who was lurking in the darkness at that time, Queen Jiang was too tempting.
At first, the old emperor wanted to gain the attention of the imperial concubine through Jiang Yi, and then be seen by the late emperor.
His plan went smoothly. First, he saved the beauty as a hero, and then he tried his best to show his courtesy to Queen Jiang. Queen Jiang was really moved by him.
Queen Jiang was raised in a pampered environment, but she was not willful. Instead, she was very considerate.
At that time, the old emperor used and also loved Queen Jiang.
But all this changed completely when he ascended the throne.
The old emperor wanted to take action against the Jiang family and made trouble for them several times. Queen Jiang came to him for the sake of the Jiang family.
She didn't understand why he was so mean to the Jiang family.
Her innocence and beauty made him feel ashamed of himself, and even more so, he felt sympathy for the Jiang family because of Queen Jiang.
This made the old emperor shudder.
When the late emperor passed away, he had told him that the Jiang family was too powerful and would inevitably lead to chaos.
The previous emperor did not take action against the Jiang family, but handed this heavy responsibility into his hands.
He is the emperor, and reason should always prevail over emotion.
If emotions take over his reason, he must cut off these emotions.
He couldn't let Queen Jiang influence him in the slightest.
So he turned a blind eye and acquiesced to the persecution of Queen Jiang by the Queen Consort and Concubine Shu.
Now that this person is dead, it won't affect him anymore.
He is the emperor, an emperor who does not allow himself to have weaknesses.
The old emperor was still young at that time. He was rational enough and cruel enough.
But people always grow old. For example, now that the old emperor is old, he feels more and more that there is no sincere person around him, and he begins to miss Queen Jiang.
This kind of nostalgia grew day by day, becoming more and more severe, so when he saw Jiang Xue, he would lose his composure and scare her.
When the old emperor was about to enter the palace, he thought to himself that he must not be as eager as he was when he first met someone.
He needs to be more steady, just like when he first met Queen Jiang.
Back then, he was able to make Queen Jiang fall in love with him, and now he can also make this girl who looks like Queen Jiang fall in love with him.
It’s a pity that the girl he met that day was too timid. It would have been better if she was braver and more like Queen Jiang.
The old emperor walked into the main hall of Changle Palace with excitement and nervousness. Jiang Yi was sitting beside the couch. Seeing the old emperor approaching her step by step, she looked at him with curiosity.
She opened her almond-shaped eyes and looked at the old emperor with ignorance and innocence.
When Queen Jiang first saw the old emperor, she was about the same age as Jiang Yi.
Same age, similar looks, even the eyes are similar - Jiang Yi once stayed in the palace for a while and understood his aunt's personality.
She also deliberately disguised herself as an aunt in order to confuse the king.
She wanted this cold-hearted old emperor to experience the feeling of gaining and then losing.
And that's not all...
"You...what are you calling?" The closer they got, the more the old emperor realized that Jiang Yi looked more and more like Queen Jiang, with the same almond-shaped eyes and the same innocence and boldness.
Jiang Yi blinked slightly, "My name is Xu Yi, and I am a servant in Prince Heng's mansion."
Of course, she couldn't tell the emperor her original name. Although the emperor was old, he was still the emperor, and his instinctive suspicion and vigilance remained.
She cannot underestimate the enemy.
"Xu Yi, it's a good name, but the surname isn't very nice. How about this, I change your name to 'Jiang Yi'?"
Having said that, the old emperor's tone is unquestionable.
Jiang Yi said, "Okay, thank you for the name, Your Majesty."
"Are you the Emperor? You are nothing like the Emperor I imagined you to be. You have a kind face and a gentle expression, just like my family."
The old emperor's heart suddenly jumped again.
The heart that had been calm for more than ten years suddenly began to ripple again.
When he and Queen Jiang first met, Queen Jiang said something similar.
She said, "Are you the Fourteenth Prince? You're not the same as the Fourteenth Emperor Idian II they're talking about."
The late emperor had many children, including twenty-six princes. His brothers of prominent family backgrounds would refer to him as "the son of a lowly slave in the Xinzheku."
He lived a very poor life since he was a child, with little food and clothing. When he was really hungry, he went to the imperial kitchen to steal food and was once caught on the spot.
After that, his brothers despised him even more, saying that he was lowly and a thief.
Queen Jiang had more or less heard these remarks, so when he rescued Queen Jiang from falling into the water, Queen Jiang was very surprised - little did she know that the reason Queen Jiang fell into the water was because of his intention.
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